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Show =e 270 " = Lhe fifth: Booke of she prfrpare en Cuapar 6s therein.feated (a Citic in beauty and tichesylittle,atthat tuhe,ihferiourto Carthagerand farre fuperiour to Romeit felfé) might becomé :theirs'; theifafetie oftheirowne eftate {pake for thefe Mamertinest:who,ifthey(dtiuento defpaiste by the Raman) fhould dd liver vp 4efama,s with thofeorher holds that they:had;int othe hands ofthe Carthagin mians,then would nothing ftandbetweeneCarthage, and the Lordfhip of sii? for Syrae en/eit {elfe could not,for want offuccour,!any long time fubfilt; if oncethe Carthaginj. ans,that were Matters. of the Sea, did fatten vpon that paflage:from the maine'Land, Ie was furtherconfidered stharthe opportunity of Méefame wasfuch ,as would not ones ly debarre all fuccours out ofthe céntinenty fiom arriuall Jn. S#z/; but. wouldferne as a bridge, whereby the Carthaginians might haue ehttance , into /talie; at their owne 9 pleafure . ; Thefeconfiderations,ofiprofitat hand, | and.of preucnting> dangers, that-thre atned from a-farre,did fo preuaile, aboue all regard of honeftie,that he Atamertines were gi mitted into Confederacie with the Romans, and Ap.Claudiusthe-C on{ull, prefently dif patcht away from Afeffanazinto whichhe gntxed,and vnder-t ooke the protedion of j ; as is fhewed before, The beficgers were little troubled withhis arriuall sand |leffe. mo ued,with histequiring themto delift fromtheir attempt. For -theydid farr de himinnumber ofmen; The whole Iland was readyto relieue themintheir wants. and they.wereftrong enoughiat Sea,td hinderany fupply fromegerting into the Towie. Ay this «Appius hinifelfewell ynderftood :and againft all this he thought the ftiffemectalfof : his Roman Souldier;.afufficient temedie, Therefore, he "réfolued field, andito let the enemics know,that ‘his comming vvas to fend to'iffte outinto the' themaway fiothe Towne; hotto bebéfieged: by theni withinir, Th executing this:determination;it was very beneficial] to him,that the enemielayen: camped.in fuch fort,as one quarter was not well abletorélienc anotherin-diftreme. Hies 70% Was now.expofed to the fame danger,wherein to he had wilfully cat his owne mutinous followers,not long before : onely he was fttong choiigh(or thowght good his owne quarter, without helpe of others: Againtt him "4pClaudius fo) to make ified forth; and(not attempting, by vnexpected fallie, to furprize his trenclies ) arranged histienin orderofbattaile; wherewith he prefented him? The syratufiae fight ; but furely,he wanted good aduicezelfe would he nothauewanted not courage fo', hazarded all hig power again(t an enemie,ofwhom hehad made notriallswhen it hadbeene eafie;! and'as much as Was requifite,to defend hisowne Campe.» It may bey -chat hethoughe to get honor, wherewith to adorn the beginning ofhis reigne. But he was well beaten, and driuen to faue himfelfe within his Trenches:by whichloffeshelearned a point of wifedome, that itood him and his Kingdom in good fteadall'thedaiesof his lifeyI¢ was'a foolith defite ofreuenge) that had:madeéthe Syracufians Lobufiesinhel ping thofeof Carthage, againtt the Mamertines; Had Meffana bin taken by:the:carthaginians, Spracufe it from Rome, againft thofe fiends which it now fo-dil igentlyfelfermutthanefoughthelpe o) affifted: "wieron Had (inte 4° fpeGofthoferwo tightie:Cities)butafinall ftockepwhichitbehooued hin to goutine Wwell:fuch anotherloffe would haue made himealmott bankrtipe Therefore he quietly brakewpi his Campe;and retiredhowe = intending to letthen? falid to theitadienture: that had hope tobegainers bytheburgaine: next day; clenidizs pérceiifing cilian Atimic goriésdid with greateourage,and"Phe with much alacritieofhisfouldielys,‘the giuc charge,yponthe Carthaginiansewherein' lie fpedfowellrhatthe énertic forooke botlt field and campe,leauing-all the:Counirie Operito the Romansowlio hauinefpoyled al round, without refiftance,intendedto lay fiegevato the great Citic OfSyracw/t. Thefe!sprofperous beginnings, *howfocuet 4 they animated‘the ‘Romans valid fille them with hopes, of attaining to greater matters, thanat the firft they had Cpe 5 Yetdid they: not imptint any forme>of terrouralyithe Cltie 6F Cabebages that nae well efiough repaired sreaterloffesthan this:2sia which ne nore was Tore than wi ad binsprepared againftthe Maniertivesalonesvyithout ati fitpittoA OF Warren" Rome. Nowiitithis placeThold itfeafonable;to\cont ider of thal 'eisunds? whitrelipon the Romans entred into this'warresnot how'profit able they were orhowaspecdbteto ee ofhonefty(for queftionleffe the enterprize wasirinch to their beneh e,chongh as tut ap 4 sheir shame.) buhowallowa blein (iid tearmes OPMifile WHere liport they mil |
